CONVOLUTIONAL AND EPHEMERAL DATACHAINS

• US 20200134066A1
• Filed: 10/31/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Yegorin, Anton
• Granted Patent: US 11,663,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0637 Modes of operation, e.g. cipher block chaining [CBC], electronic codebook [ECB] or Galois/counter mode [GCM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3239 involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3297 involving time stamps, e.g. generation of time stamps
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/50 using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees

Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of determining a data point trigger has occurred at a particular block cycle of a blockchain, initiating a sidechain to store subsequent entries based on the data point trigger, and a genesis block of the sidechain includes one or more relevant data fields from the blockchain, initiating a sidechain smart contract to manage data entries submitted to the sidechain, storing the data entries in the sidechain for a conditional period, and when the conditional period has matured, convoluting the sidechain into the blockchain.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a computing node configured to

determine a data point trigger has occurred at a particular block cycle of a blockchain;

initiate a sidechain to store subsequent entries based on the data point trigger, wherein a genesis block of the sidechain comprises one or more relevant data fields from the blockchain;

initiate a sidechain smart contract to manage data entries submitted to the sidechain;

store the data entries in the sidechain for a conditional period; and

when the conditional period has matured, convolute the sidechain into the blockchain.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period based on a fixed period of time, and when the fixed period of time has expired, rejecting any additional entries intended for the sidechain.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period based on a fixed amount of blockchain block cycles, and when the fixed amount of blockchain block cycles are completed, the computing node rejects any additional entries intended for the sidechain.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period until another data point trigger is identified, and wherein the another data point trigger comprises one or more of a specific data file type being identified, and a specific transaction identifier being identified.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein convolution of the sidechain into the blockchain comprises the computing node being configured to store a portion of the sidechain data in a current block of the blockchain at a time associated with the convolution of the sidechain into the blockchain.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein convolution of the sidechain into the blockchain comprises the computing node being configured to store all the sidechain data in a current block of the blockchain at a time associated with the convolution of the sidechain into the blockchain.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the computing node is further configured to

determine another data point trigger has occurred at another particular block created subsequent to the particular block of the blockchain;

and

responsive to the another data point trigger being identified, initiate another sidechain.

8. A method, comprising:

determining a data point trigger has occurred at a particular block cycle of a blockchain;

initiating a sidechain to store subsequent entries based on the data point trigger, wherein a genesis block of the sidechain comprises one or more relevant data fields from the blockchain;

initiating a sidechain smart contract to manage data entries submitted to the sidechain;

storing the data entries in the sidechain for a conditional period; and

when the conditional period has matured, convoluting the sidechain into the blockchain.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period based on a fixed period of time, and when the fixed period of time has expired, rejecting any additional entries intended for the sidechain.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period based on a fixed amount of blockchain block cycles, and when the fixed amount of blockchain block cycles are completed, rejecting any additional entries intended for the sidechain.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period until another data point trigger is identified, and wherein the another data point trigger comprises one or more of identifying:

a specific data file type, and a specific transaction identifier.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein convoluting the sidechain into the blockchain comprises storing a portion of the sidechain data in a current block of the blockchain at a time associated with the convoluting of the sidechain into the blockchain.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein convoluting the sidechain into the blockchain comprises storing all the sidechain data in a current block of the blockchain at a time associated with the convoluting of the sidechain into the blockchain.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining another data point trigger has occurred at another particular block created subsequent to the particular block of the blockchain; and

responsive to determining the another data point trigger has occurred, initiating another sidechain.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:

determining a data point trigger has occurred at a particular block cycle of a blockchain;

initiating a sidechain to store subsequent entries based on the data point trigger, wherein a genesis block of the sidechain comprises one or more relevant data fields from the blockchain;

initiating a sidechain smart contract to manage data entries submitted to the sidechain;

storing the data entries in the sidechain for a conditional period; and

when the conditional period has matured, convoluting the sidechain into the blockchain.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period based on a fixed period of time, and when the fixed period of time has expired, rejecting any additional entries intended for the sidechain.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period based on a fixed amount of blockchain block cycles, and when the fixed amount of blockchain block cycles are completed, rejecting any additional entries intended for the sidechain.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the sidechain is active for the conditional period until another data point trigger is identified, and wherein the another data point trigger comprises one or more of identifying:

a specific data file type, and a specific transaction identifier.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein convoluting the sidechain into the blockchain comprises storing a portion of the sidechain data in a current block of the blockchain at a time associated with the convoluting of the sidechain into the blockchain, or, storing all the sidechain data in a current block of the blockchain at a time associated with the convoluting of the sidechain into the blockchain.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

determining another data point trigger has occurred at another particular block created subsequent to the particular block of the blockchain; and

responsive to determining the another data point trigger has occurred, initiating another sidechain.